{"id":28213,"date":"2015-09-08T05:48:36","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T11:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=28213"},"modified":"2021-09-12T05:22:10","modified_gmt":"2021-09-12T11:22:10","slug":"a-lovely-september-afternoon-at-red-rock-lakes-national-wildlife-refuge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/09\/08\/a-lovely-september-afternoon-at-red-rock-lakes-national-wildlife-refuge\/","title":{"rendered":"Lovely September Afternoon at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LovelyLovely Afternoon at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Nikon D300, handheld, f8, 1\/800, ISO 400, +1.7, Nikkor 18-200mm VR at 18mm, natural light
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I am camping in one of my favorite locations in the world right now, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge<\/span><\/a> in Montana. The air is crisp, every thing is changing color and the aspen leaves are turning golden. I’ve seen birds and taken images of a Sora and a family of Trumpeter Swans. As I went to sleep last night I could see the stars twinkling and the dark velvety sky. I am very much looking forward to spending the next several days unwinding in the beautiful Centennial Valley.<\/p>\n

Life is good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge photos plus facts and information about this refuge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am camping in one of my favorite locations in the world right now, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in Montana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1513,223,12,608],"tags":[970,4101,8817,615,4094,4069,4092,4018,12274,3996,4095],"class_list":["post-28213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beaverhead-county-montana","category-centennial-valley","category-montana","category-red-rock-lakes-national-wildlife-refuge","tag-autumn","tag-clouds","tag-color","tag-lower-lake","tag-marsh","tag-mountains","tag-refuge","tag-sky","tag-unwinding","tag-water","tag-wetlands"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/red-rock-lakes-nwr-september-mia-mcpherson-8088.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-7l3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":918,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2010\/09\/21\/ive-added-a-new-favorite-location\/","url_meta":{"origin":28213,"position":0},"title":"I’ve added a new favorite location","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 21, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"You can find\u00a0my information and photos\u00a0of Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge here","rel":"","context":"In "Beaverhead County"","block_context":{"text":"Beaverhead County","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/montana\/beaverhead-county-montana\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sunlit fence at the lower campground of Red Rock Lakes NWR, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/red-rock-lakes-stormy-sunset-mia-mcpherson-2551.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/red-rock-lakes-stormy-sunset-mia-mcpherson-2551.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/red-rock-lakes-stormy-sunset-mia-mcpherson-2551.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/red-rock-lakes-stormy-sunset-mia-mcpherson-2551.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5268,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/06\/30\/clearing-storm-at-red-rock-lakes-national-wildlife-refuge\/","url_meta":{"origin":28213,"position":1},"title":"Clearing Storm at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 30, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"As many of my regular viewers know I love Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in Montana. 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